Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Michilla Mine (Lince Mine), Michilla District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

mindat Locality ID: 123504
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123504.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Michilla Mine (Lince Mine), Michilla District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°42'44"S
Longitude: 70°11'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.712222222222,-70.191944444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allophane	Amphibole	Atacamite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anilite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Atacamite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	88
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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